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Did anyone apply for and/or get any scholarships or grants (either private or government)? What was the process like? Were they financially- or acheivement-based?
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Mar 2, '04

Hospital Scholarship. Pays tuition, books, fees and a bit lefover. I owe them one year after I graduate.

Mar 11, '04

Quote from TeresaRN2b

Our school has that here and just about everyone who applied got it. In fact I don't know anyone that applied and didn't get it. I got it. Ask at your school about it.

Teresa

Hi Teresa,

I have a scholarship through Metro and my husband's work. If the scholarship you are talking about is the one I'm thinking about the school you attend can choose whether or not to base it on financial need. My school DOES base it on financial need. It really makes me very angry. Why can't it be based on gpa?? Grants are for financial aid, not scholarships imo. Ok, so my husband makes a lot of money, but my school COSTS a lot of money too! I have two children and daycare expenses along with everything else. Ok, vent out of the way. lol.

Mar 11, '04

I applied for an award and only had to fill in a short form and write a one page paper, it is not nearly as nice as a jeep but I won $500 cash, and then I was automatically entered in to one when i recieved my student loan from the government and won $4500. towards paying that loan off.that last one i didn't have to do a thing for.

Erin

Aug 16, '05

has anyone been granted a Nurse Loan Repayment-Scholarship. how exactly does that work? do you think selling your soul to the devil for 1500-5000 for 2 years is worth it? i really need the money for school, but dont know if the ball and chain is worth it.

Aug 16, '05

and got $2,000 total this year in 3 scholarships. They were all achievement and community service based. The application process and letters of recomendation were a pain to get but worth it. I do not qualify for financial based scholarships since I make to much money, but my 3.87 GPA and all of my volunteer efforts and Student Nursing Association involvement for leadership paid off.

I say, if you think you qualify, go for it...

good luck, dave

Aug 16, '05

Quote from newgrad2005

Did anyone apply for and/or get any scholarships or grants (either private or government)? What was the process like? Were they financially- or acheivement-based?

Thanks in advance for your info!

Hi! I got an 80% "scholarship\loan" directly from the school\hospital... We had to sign a contract to work there for 4 months per semester of school (So for 5 semesters, 20 months). Works for me!!
If we work, the "debt" is erased. Instead of paying 2100 for the first semester tuition I paid SLIGHTLY over $300.

I also accepted a Stafford loan (EVEN THOUGH I CHECKED "NO GOV'T LOANS") simply because, I decided this semester will be hard with not being able to work as much (they don't want me working for more than 8 hrs a week b.c of my age... (JUST TURNED 18)), and with gas prices about 50 dollars a gallon (HAHA.), I might as well take it... it was under 1k dollars but will help out with non school expenses.